Senior Accounts Payable Analyst

Senior Accounts Payable Analyst (Contract)

Paylocity's Accounting Operations team is adding support during a period of transition. This is a 90-day contract assignment to start, with potential for extension and conversion, for a proactive Accounts Payable professional who can jump in quickly, own processes end-to-end, and help keep a high-volume invoice environment running smoothly. This team operates in a lean, "all hands on deck" environment with limited training capacityideal for someone who's resourceful, self-sufficient, and comfortable figuring things out and driving work to completion. Work schedule: 8:00am5:00pm CST Location: Fully remote (candidates cannot be located in CA, WA, or OR)

What You'll Do (Responsibilities)

• Own full-cycle Accounts Payable work in a high-volume environment (approximately 300500 invoices/month per person)
• Process invoices end-to-end, including GL coding, troubleshooting exceptions, and resolving complex issues independently
• Prepare, post, and reconcile accrual journal entries and support AP-related close responsibilities
• Ensure AP activity makes sense within the general ledger, and help close entries owned by the AP function
• Partner cross-functionally and communicate clearly with stakeholders while the team scales and adjusts
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and streamline workflows, especially within Coupa processes
• Use Excel to manage and analyze large datasets, identify duplicates/exceptions, and support reporting needs

Must-Have Qualifications

• Strong experience with journal entries and accruals (preparing, posting, reconciling)
• End-to-end accounting understanding (not just one step of invoice processing)
• Full-cycle AP experience in a high-volume setting, including GL coding and exception handling
• Experience working in a large, multi-department corporate environment with a dedicated AP focus
• ERP/AP system experience, including Coupa
• Strong Excel skills, including items such as:
• Lookups and matching (e.g., XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH)
• Logic and error handling (e.g., IF/IFS/IFERROR, AND/OR)
• Aggregations (e.g., SUMIFS/COUNTIFS)
• Pivots, filtering, conditional formatting, and large-dataset analysis

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with NetSuite
• Power Query experience for combining, cleaning, and refreshing data

Pay & Benefits

• Hourly range: $30$39/hour
• Benefits include: LaSalle Network consultants are eligible to enroll in benefits. For details, visit